In the blog post, Ruth Kricheli, director of product management for Messenger, said: “People expect their messaging apps to be secure and private, and with these new features we’re giving them more control over how private they want their calls and chats to be.”Įnd-to-end encryption means that messages are securely encoded from point of dispatch until they arrive on a recipient’s device, theoretically ensuring that no one, not even service operators like Facebook, can determine the contents even if they intercept the messages in transit. Messenger has offered end-to-end encryption for text chat since 2016, and WhatsApp, also owned by Facebook, already offers the same level of security for messages and calls.Īs well as encryption, Facebook also announced that Messenger’s disappearing messages will now feature more options for how long messages persist before being removed.
The company announced the new feature for the app in a blog post on Friday (13 August).
End-to-end encryption was already offered for text chat on the app, as well as on all messages and calls on WhatsApp.įacebook Messenger now includes the option for end-to-end encryption on voice and video calls.
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